Man arrested again in 2011 slaying of Tejano performer

Updated 5:33 pm, Friday, May 24, 2013

Murder suspect Stephen Bailey, 28, is escorted to the city magistrate's office on Friday, May 24, 2013.

Murder suspect Stephen Bailey, 28, is escorted to the city magistrate's office on Friday, May 24, 2013.

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Prosecutors say they have gathered enough evidence to re-arrest an Elmendorf man who was first detained and subsequently released more than a year ago in the slaying of a Tejano performer.

Stephen Bailey, 28, was arrested early Friday at his home in the 15000 block of Cassiano Road. He is the primary suspect in the fatal shooting of Mark Anthony Ortega, 42, a local Tejano performer whose bullet-riddled body was found Sept. 18, 2011 in a shower at a hangar next to his home.

The men had a history of disagreements prior to the shooting, authorities have said.

At the time of his release, First Assistant District Attorney Cliff Herberg said the case was not ready to present to a grand jury. Authorities had no witnesses or fingerprints and still were waiting on the results of DNA and trace evidence analysis.

A murder indictment for Bailey was issued Wednesday, two days before he was re-arrested.

Although Herberg declined to specify Friday what new evidence has been obtained, he said prosecutors “believe we now have sufficient evidence to prosecute the case in court.”